Security researchers said they have found a new kind of malware that takes its instructions from code hidden in memes posted to Twitter.
The malware itself is relatively underwhelming: like most primitive remote access trojans (RATs), the malware quietly infects a vulnerable computer, takes screenshots and pulls other data from the affected system and sends it back to the malware’s command and control server.
What is interesting is how the malware uses Twitter as an unwilling conduit in communicating with its malicious mothership.
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